Thursday, March 1, 2012

Obama attends 100th re-election fundraiser

President Barack Obama is slated to attend his 100th re-election fundraiser today [and a $35000 per plate dinner], — a significant milestone, more than double that of his predecessor, George W. Bush, who had attended just 49 political fundraisers by this time in his presidential tenure...

As [CBS News’ White House correspondent Mark] Knoller points out, Obama‘s biggest campaign donor is likely the American taxpayer who picks up the bulk of the tab for the president’s travel when he uses Air Force One, a mode of transportation that costs a whopping $180,000 per hour to fly.

OBAMA: 'END-OF-LIFE CARE' TOO COSTLY!

"I actually think that the tougher issue around medical care... is what you do around things like end-of-life care.... I mean, the chronically ill and those toward the end of their lives are accounting for potentially 80 percent of the total health care bill out here!"Barack Obama in an interivew with the New York Times - April 2009